Our Inspectorate is the legal arm of the SPCA, appointed under the Animals Protection Act to prevent cruelty and enforce the law. We carry out proactive inspections at farms, markets, abattoirs, working-animal facilities and anywhere animals are kept, ensuring conditions meet welfare standards before cruelty takes root.

We are also reactive, responding to reports of abuse and neglect across the Garden Route. The public are our eyes and ears and we rely on their vigilance to help us investigate, intervene and prosecute where necessary.

Every inspection protects animals. Every case followed up brings us closer to a community where cruelty is never ignored.